Gotta Make It (Remix)

[Intro: Aretha Franklin]

Trey, this is Aretha believe in yo self

Believe in your dreams, don't let no

Body tell you what you can't do

You gonna make it, yeah

[Verse 1: Trey Songz]

This song is for my shawty

That's going through it, you gotta know you can do it

And this song is for my homies

Just hold it down 'cause get it from the ground up

[Pre-Chorus: Trey Songz]

'Cause I tried suit with a smile, it ain't fit me

And I played the blocked for a while, them people tried to kill me

No matter what you go through

I know one thing is true, keep believing and you'll

[Chorus: Trey Songz]

'Cause when it's feeling like you just can't take it

And no matter what you do, ooh they keep hating

Lift your head up to the sky, tell yourself I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

'Cause when it's feeling like you just can't take it

And no matter what you do, ooh, they keep hating

Lift your head up to the sky, tell yourself I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

[Verse 2: Trey Songz]

Shawty, I know you 'bout to have your baby

Before you give up just take a second lady

Look in the mirror, your reflection, baby

It's perfection, baby, don't neglect it, baby

Now, homie, I know you been nickling and diming

Can't get enough hours at your job to put your time in

I know them streets looking good and that money looking long

Gon' and get how you live, who am I to say you wrong?

[Pre-Chorus: Trey Songz]

'Cause I tried suit with a smile, it ain't fit me

And I played the blocked for a while, them people tried to kill me

No matter what you go through

I know one thing is true, keep believing and you'll

[Chorus: Trey Songz]

'Cause when it's feeling like you just can't take it

And no matter what you do, ooh, they keep hating

Lift your head up to the sky, tell yourself I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

'Cause when it's feeling like you just can't take it

And no matter what you do, ooh, they keep hating

Lift your head up to the sky, tell yourself I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

[Verse 3: Juvenile]

Man, I done slept in the hallways but I didn't cry through

Was advanced for my learning but was all caught in the cycle

What I wore in the daytim iIs what I wore for my night-clothes

Concern about a mil' when I should have been shuttin' my eyes closed

Know about the stones, whack old wheels and the pot holes

Wanna call 'em Barry Bus, eatin' good with the nachos

If I ain't got nothin', I got flow, small carryin' a block glow

Just keep on grindin', don't pay atention to these pot holes

And you can make a come up, makin' moves in the Hummer

And you bring the children down to DisneyWorld this summer

I done been to hell and back, that's why I changed my life

Been caught up and convicted for the same thing twice

Mama preachin' to me to get my mindframe right

They found two on my partners' bodies on the same night

If I was with them then I would be on the same plane

I was livin' in this dump so I changed my life

[Chorus: Trey Songz]

Looking at you day after day, I know I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

Just to see that smile up on your face, I know I

Just gotta make it, I just gotta make it

Everything I do, I do for you and we

Just gotta make it, we just gotta make it

To the top of the world me and my girl we

Just gotta make it, just gotta make it, just gotta make it

[Outro: Aretha Franklin & Trey Songz]

Just as long as you ain't stepping on nobody

That's the Queen of soul

Tryna get where you going

She paved the way from me

Hang in there, hang tough when you have to

You're gonna make it

Can I make it?

You're gonna make it, yeah

I know, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna make it

I know I'm gonna make it 'retha